---
type: "Bill"
title: "incompetent, nonrestorable defendants; involuntary commitment"
description: "incompetent, nonrestorable defendants; involuntary commitment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "53rd-1st-regular"
identifier: "HB 2239"
citation: "Arizona HB 2239 (53rd-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARIZONA STATE HOSPITAL", "BEHAVIORAL HEALTH", "BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES", "COUNTY ATTORNEY", "COURT-ORDERED EVALUATIONS", "CRIMINAL CODE", "PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eddie Farnsworth"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d8b2ee6-bc04-4313-b645-b4dfd9a1bbfe"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/68754?SessionId=117"
source_hash: "56c8ab1e734f823ae7aedf33b237c1e86680ce29b85e43305f0f991c6ec3cddc"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-az"]
---

# Arizona HB 2239 (53rd-1st-regular) — incompetent, nonrestorable defendants; involuntary commitment

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/laws/0059.htm)
2. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2239H.htm)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/53leg/1R/bills/HB2239P.htm)

## Sponsors

- Eddie Farnsworth — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-09** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-20** passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-17** house first reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-18** house second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21** senate second reading `reading-2`
- **2017-02-20** senate first reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-24** signed by governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-02-10** transmit to senate
- **2017-03-20** transmit to house
- **2017-03-21** transmit to governor `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d8b2ee6-bc04-4313-b645-b4dfd9a1bbfe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).